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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
FROM WASEIINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZE rTEI
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June u, 1887.
Edward Burgess, of Culpeper G. H., Va,
who has been appointed Register OF Public
Lands at Prescott, Arizona Territory, Is q
Young man inf1ueutially connected IN his
section and had The endorsement OF both
ex. Congressman Barbour and Congressman
Lee fol- place in the Land Office. Senator
Riddleberper also wrote strong letters TO
the Secretary and President in his behalf, in
which he stated that while the applicant
was democrat, endorsed as such, aud ask.
ing for appointment as such, the senator
would be Rratiied ut his appointment tor
reasons more or less personal TO himself and
friends. Mr.. Burgess, u few years ago, was
the Mayor of the town of Culpeper, and
chairman of the democratic county commit
tee there. He is brother in'law OF MIR.
Jacob s. Eggborne, very strong man III tne
politics OF that county, and besides nas an
extensive family relationship in the counties
of Culpeper, Rappahannock and Madison.
The Secretary had designated him at one
time for Tucson, Arizona, but In misun-
Outstanding which arose he was given
more desirable place. The salary is only
FIVE hundred dollars and fees, but as the lat.
ter are sometimes quite large in offices OF
limiting the whole compensation OF regis
ter to the sum either of three thousand or
thirty. five hundred dollars. The bond re-
oni1sd of Mr.. Prescott is twenty thousand
dollars.
Wise bidders at the sales at the dead let
ter office always buy packages marked baby
clothes. FOR the reason that while such pack
ages always sell cheap, their contents, as
general thing, are really valuable, either the
material or the work upon it, The clothes
are usually made by the hands of grand
mothers aunts, cousins,or other female rela-
lives or friends, who spare 40 pains or ex-
pense in the work The packages find
their way to the dead letter office because
the senders break the postal laws by inclos-
ing ia them manuscript slips saying what
baby they are for.
An employee of the govt printing Office,
named Anderson. of Va, who got his place
under the Rounds administration with an
endorsement from Malone, has had his ser.
vices dispensed with. Il is not supposed
the Interests OF the Government viii suffer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
NEWS OF TIfE DAN.

About 200 bicycle riders had lantern pa.
rade in Baltimore last night
Queen Yictorias income is between four
and five million dollars year.
The largest denomination in the United
States currency is the SO 900 bill.
The President has discontinued his after.
noon receptions for the heated term.
The American yacht Dauntless is moi in
the jubilee yacht race. She started with
the racers, but not rs q contestant.
An assessment of forty per cent. mas been
levied upon the contributors to the National
Drill at Washington, to settle unpaid bills
aggregating $4,000.
Rev. Charles Stowe, son of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, who filled the pulpit Of the
late Henry Ward Beecher on Sunday, will
probably be appointed permanent pastor Of
Plymouth Church Mr. Stowe is about 3S
years old.
The State encampment of thu Texas vol
nnteer troops will take place in Houston
this week, beginning to-day and closing
Saturday evening next. The encampmen;,
which will include thirty companies,
promises to be one Of the most attractive
military gatherings ever held in the South.
At n mass meeting of the locked out boot
makers at Worcester, Mass, yesterday, it
was decided that all but lasters and bottom
ers should return to work on the best terms
possible. This practically ends the great
strike which has been in progress for five
months The lasters and bottomers will
continue the struggle to have the freo-shop
notice torn down.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

THE Baltimore Herald, republican, says
seThere are good reasons for believing that
the leading republicans in Virginia are not
anxious to see Malone in the Senate again
There is little doubt that Messrs. Riddleber'
ger, Cameron, Lewis, Yost, Brady, Bayly
Hooper, Simms, and indeed. nearly all the
prominent men who formerly trained with
the General, are now against him but
whether they will continue to De, should he
succeed in electing majority of the legis-
luture, is what their course heretofore gives
no reason to believe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

THE PEOPLE who denounced the Presl'
dent for issuing the order for the return Of
the Southern flags to the men who bore
them, do not like him any better Tor re.
scinding that order and it is only natural
that those who praised him for issuing u
should dislike him for its revocation. lie
Welded to partisan and sectional clamor
that could hardly have been supported by
the right thinking men of the North, and
that most assuredly would not have been
sustained by the court if he had allowed the
case to be decided by that tribunal. He
has gained no friends in the North, but has
lost many in tho South.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

A TRAGIC EvENT-A tragical event tool,
place in Richmond Sunday night in house
of ill repute kept by woman named Hub
bard, for years one of the ciiy's notorious
characters Edward Levy, an admirer of
woman, visited the house Sunday evening
A quarrel ensued between them. Winfield
Scott, nephew Of the late General Winfield
Scott. commander in chief of the United
States army at the outbreak of the war; was
in the house. He defended the woman and
handled Levy so roughly that he cried for
mercy Scott desisted and allowed Levy 10
rise. Levy drew a knife and stabbed Scott
in the neck, severing an artery and penc
lraing the throat. Dr. Brock was called
to see the wounded man and tied the arte-
re-. Scott is not considered fatally wound.
ed, although his injuries are painful and Sc
rious Levy has fled. Scott is well known
in society circles, and is a prominent figure
at one of the leading Clubs of Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
Large Meteor.

DEs MONIES. Iowa, June 21-A large
meteor fell last night upon the farm of Ollie
Bolelson, who lives not far from What is
known as Pilot Mound So rapid was its
descent that the roar was almost deafening
A beautiful trail of light was seen in its
wake, which Illuminated the earth for many
nnileq
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

A Texas negro was recently struck by
lightning and killed. In his pockets were
found two horseshoe magnets, two copper
cents that had melted together, nickle
bat was partly melted and stuck to his
watch, and the nickle rim around his money
pulse was also melted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

EIGHTY THREE applications for divorce
were heard in Chicago last Saturday. But
that is no more than the average rate pre-
vaiing in Boston, Philadelphia and other
Northern cities. 1.-THE present rate of dl-
yorces in the North shall continue, it wont
be long before almost every married mau in
that section will have the wife of somebody
else. and the South be the only part OF the
country in which real christian morality is
observed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

To PUT to the test the truth of the many
Northern prott stations of restored friend
ship aud love for the people whose lot was
cast 10 the South, q bill should he intro
duced at tie next session of Congress. di-
recting the President 10 destroy the oid
Southern hags-reminders of civil war
or to return them to the people to whom
they once belonged. The vote on such
bill would aette many at present undecided
opiniops ON the subject in the South
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
Death ofDnuieI PRATT

BosroN, June 2l.-Dauiel Pratt, known
all over the United States as THE Great
American Traveller" died yesterday at the
City Hospital from paralysis. The body was
placed in the morgue and up to las. night
remained unclaimed U0less friends come
forward it will be buried at the expense Of
the CITY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

EXPLAINED.-The friends and relatives
OF Frank Trigg, who committed suicide at
Niagara Falls, have heard nothing further
concerning the unfortunate man than has
already been published Mr.. Triges ac.
counts as passenger agent of the Chesapeake
aud Ohio Railroad are all correct, but
it ia thought by his personal friends
that it was his own financial affairs that
caused him to commit suicide. He WAS
known 10 be somewhat in debt, and before
leaving Washington on last Wednesday he
remarked to friend that if he was not able
to liquidate pretty soon ne would drown
himself. Trigg, however, was an inveterate
joker, and the remark was taken as joke
until the news of his death WAS received
Mrs. Trigg has been almost Frustrated by
the news of her husband death
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
Death.

AsHEvrLLE. N. c., June 81 Major
Charles B. Dutield, formerly of Norfolk.
Va, and late a resident of Asheville, was
found dead in his bed this morning. The
cause OF death was heart DISEASE. Deceased
was about IS years Old
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

TIE PRESIDENT was not prohibited by
Constitution or law from returning the
Southern flags He was not commanded by
either to appoint civil service commission.
But to please the mugwumpa he did ap-
point the latter. and to appease The bloody
shutters he revoked his order to return the
former
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21
ATTACKED BY A BEAR.-Daniel O'Con-

ATTACKED BY A BEAR.-Daniel O'Con.
nell, of Stamford, Vt, while looking fol
cattle Friday, accompanied by his dog
heard noise in tho bushes near By, and
turning saw large hear coming toward
him. O'Connell was unarmed, and running
for q tree erasped lower limb, when the
bear caught him by the foot and pulled MIN
down. The bear then took a. fresh hold
iacerating the calf Of OConnel's leg Dadly
O'Connell broke away aud got into the
lree, the bear this time following him Both
went out on small limb. which broke, let.
ting them both 10 the ground, where another
struggle took place The dog then tackled
the bear, which was thus attracted from
O'ConDelI, who was enabled to escape, and
reached his home. O'Co=nell's wounds are
very serious, but not necessarily fatal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-21

Thomas Blair, the young man who on
Wednesday signaled with his umbrella a
passenger train that was approaching Ship
pensburg, Pa, on the Western MARYLAND
Railroad, in time to save it from being
wrecked by running into number of rail
road ties that had been fastened on the rails
has been arrested aud held in default Of
$1,000 bail on charge Of having himself
placed tie distractions on The track.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
Nasty and the Typewriter.

The first editor in the United States
TO throw aside his quill or pencil for
the typewriter was ID. r. Locke. "Pe-
troleum V. Nasty" the ed tor and pro-
prietor of The Toledo Blade. A dozen
years ago. when The Cincinnati Gazette
and Commercial, Chicago Tribune and
81 Louis Globe Democrat were the on
ly Republican journals of any note west
of New York, Locke was power in
the newspaper world. The cir culation
of the weekly edition of his p aper was
equaled only by that of the publication
founded by Horace Greeley, and his
Confederate Cross Roads letters were
widely read and copied. Locke had
always been heavy drnker. but his
success seemed only to spur him on to
renewed efforts in the anti prohibition
line. He made it point to get "hali
shot" before breakfast of morning,
be "three sheets in the wind" by din
ner and wind up the evening too full
for utterance. Although possessed OF
an iron constitution. whisky gradually
undermined his nerves, and after a
time he was no longer able to hold a
pen and turn out legble manuscript.
He tried dictation. but his idea did not
seem to fully concentrate in the pres
ence Of second person and for time
he seriously contemplated reform alton.
While in such plight he CHANGED to
see typewriter of the crude style OF
the day. The thought came to him
like fash that he had found way
out of his dilemma; he bou ght the in
strument, and in the course of a few
weeks could knock off copy as rap
idly and far more decipherably than he
could with a pen in his most gifted
days Locke is now a radical temper
ance man. He took his last drink with
Bailey. of The Danbury Netos, at the
Adams house, in Danbury, several
years ago--probably the fall of 1881
but he still sticks to his old typewriter.
1t used TO be All anu sing S light back In
1879 to see Locke out on the ro ad with
his widow Bedott Show" 1t was
his custom to have dramatic critic
under one arm and his typewriter I'M
der the other, drifting in the direction
of the best ,arroom the to wn he was in
could afford. Those were the days
when sports of the Jack Haverly class
were wont to make wagers as to the
length OF time which would elapsc be-
fore Naby's nose would slough off,
NeW York Graphic
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
Man and His Shoes.

How much man is like his shoes
For instance, both a soul may lose.
Both have been tanned; both are made tight
BY cobblers; both get left aud right
Both need mate TO be complete,
And both are made TO go on feet
They both need healing, Oft are sold,
And both In time will turn to mold.
With shoes, the last Is first; with men
The first shall be the last, and when
The shoes wear out they're mended new;
When men wear out, they're men dead, tool
They both are trod upon, and both
VIII tread on others, nothing 10th.
Both have their ties aud both incline,
When polished, In the world TO shine,
Aud both peg out Now, would you choose
TO be man or be his shoesi
Kate r. Ward, New York World
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
Dutch Superstition in Pennsyl-
yania.

The plump daughters of the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch, writes Edgar Wakeman,
have few superstitions which have
been tmorously handed down from
mother to child. that are cherished,
woman-like, fondly and in secret
Should you ever see one of these maid
ems astride houseyard log or the gate
or the bars, enduring such ply steal
torment like humble penance, under
the dim light Of new moon, do not
disturb her. She will simply be pro-
pitiating good fortune as to marriage.
Nor will she ever look through window
glass or over her left shoulder at a
new moon. She dslikes bringing
flowers indoor, for that is an omen Of
i'll. fortune, in that the bridegroom
should always come before the flowers.
If she cherish in some little corner
of the garden pretty bed of snap
dragons, she does so from her firm
belief in its potency for destroying the
evil love charms of her rival; or if she
discovers such evil charm to exist, she
dispels it by lying vigilantly awake three
nights in succession until the midnight
growing of the cock. In secret she al so
amuses herself by catching snails and
letting them crowl in thinly-spread
oaken ashes on the hearht, or before the
fireplace, to trace the initial letter of
her true loves names. If she goes to
bed early laying her carriers crossed at
the foot Of her bed, placing looking
glass under her pillow, and awaken in
the highland what lass would not
with such expectancy in her heart
by striking light quickly she will see
her lovers face in the glass. --Phila-
delphid Press.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
A Bedroom for Summer.

An inexpensive and prettily furnished
summer bedroom has the floor covered
with cream white and green mating.
which has pattern Of large white and
green blocks alternating. This mating
can be had for sixty cents yard, is q
yard in width and is OF the seamless
variety. A dado Of the same mating,
put on with small brass nails, surrounds
the walls, which are tinted pale green.
The iron bedstead is painted white and
covered with spread of scrym muslin.
lined with pale green cambria, painted
green. The commonplace white marble
mantel has been painted green color.
10 match the door. rather darker than
the rest of the room, and is draped
with the scrym, lined with green. and
caught up in the center with green rib
bons. making two graceful festoons.
Some simple ornaments stands upon
the mantel, over which hangs pretty
water color. framed in white and gold
In front of the fireplace stands a small
screen Of bambo lattice work, lined with
green. This room Is charming from
its simplicity. freshness and good taste.
--Art A1e.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
How the Water Got In

Inspector: I'VE shall have TO confis-
cate your whole load of milk, as we
find it largely adulterated with water. "
Terror stricken milkman; Indeed.
sir. I'm not in the least to blame. II
there is any water in the milk, it is be-
cause my cows wade out in the mill.
pond and stand there TO keep the lies
off, I'll promise to put a barbed wire
fence around it il you will let me Of
this time. DdnSriHe Breeze.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09

Here is a French story with four dis
tmct morals: Four flies were in search
of a breakfast One found some jelly
and RECALLED himself The jelly was
not genuine and the fly turned upon
his back. The second fly, seeing the
sad fate of his fiend, resolved to eat
plain bread. But there was so much
alum in the bread that he, too, turned
over and breathed his last. The third
fly attacked glass of beer, but the
aloes laid him cold The fourth fly,
seeing that everything eatable was
tempered with, resolved to commit
suicide. He found some German fly
paper on which was inscribed Death
to flies He partook freely, but the
more he ate the better he felt. He
stuck to the fly paper and lived to n
good old age.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09

Paris appears on the authority of M.
Pierre Delcourt, to be the worst place
in the world for food adulteration. He
says that most of the butter sold in
Paris is largely composed of fatty river
scum which has been collected at the
mouths of the great drains that bring
the sewerage of the great city down to
the Seine. NJ. Delcourt deliberately
states that there are speculative and
energetic persons who follow the butter
tasters on their rounds in the central
market and carefully collect the butter
which has been tasted after ii has left
the mouths of the officials. This refuse
is sold to the perambulating or station
airy fried-cake vendors, to the al treSco
makers of pancake and fritters, to the
simmerers of fried fish, and to poor
people who look for cheapness and
quantity before high prices and rare
quality. He also points out that every
thing used in Paris as food is boldly
and unbhshingly adulterated. Bread
has been made with old worm eaten
sea biscuits and damaged flour, and it
has m this way caused an epidemic of
typhoid fever more than once. Green
haricots, looking in the market quite
green and fresh, have been made out
of old vegetables, which have been
stepped in water, caused to swell, and
then colored by chemical means. New
green peas have been manufactured
out of old ones colored with verdigris.
Wine is made chemically, the necessity
of infusing the essence of grapes into it
being absolutely ignored, and the very
corks which are put into the bottles of
popular vintages, both real and sham,
have been picked up out of the river
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09

Mrs. Eliza Howard Powers, who
died in Washington few days ago, is
well remembered by veterans of the
civil war for her devotion to the Union
cause. She was President of the Flor
ence Nightingale association and labor
ed long and earnestly in raising money
and supplies for that organization.
Her services were rendered gratuitous.
ly and she always paid for her own
transportation. The Forty-eighth Con-
gress voted her pension.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09

Albert Verhoven, formerly of Mil
waukee, Wis, but more recently a stu
dent at Lawrence University, Appleton,
has decided to become Roman Catho-
lie priest, and has gone to st Meinrad,
Ind, for preparation. His wife is to
become nun. MIR. Verhoven owns
valuable property there and various in
parts of the state, and has heretofore
been devout Methodist. There was q
parallel case, some sixteen years ago in
Baltimore A man and his wife, two
daughters and two sons, became con-
verted to the Catholic faith, and all OF
them engaged in church work-the
father and sons as priests and the
mother and daughters as sisters.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
THE FATHER OF FORTY-ONE.
APennsyIvania nchback's Family
of Children.

A Pennsylvania IfunchDack's fniniIy
of Children.
A Harrisburg. Pa. correspondent OF
The NeU York Times writes as follows:
Il read in The Times few days ago"
said member of the Reading bar. on
visit to the city, IAN account OF "A
man in western Pennsylvania who died
the father of thirty three children, at
the age Of 90. When John Heffner, OF
Reading. was accidentally killed by the
cars in that city in 1885, at the age OF
90, he was the father of forty-one chill
dren. and stepchild also called him
father. Heffner was one OF Readings
characters, and was then in the full
vigOr OF health when he was killed. 1t
is doubtful If his record in the paternal
line was ever equaled. Hetfner was a
dwarfed hunchback. He was born in
Berlin in 1916, and came to this country
in l843, settled in Reading. Until his
death he made a living By collecting
and selling rags and paper. His re-
markable family history is part OF the
records of the Berks county courts, ii
having been elected short time before
his death while he was witness in
law suit
He was married first in 1910. In
eight years his wife bore him seven
teen children. The first and second
years of their marriage she gave birth
to twins For four successive years
afterward she gave birth to
triplets. In the seventh year
she gave birth to one child, and died
soon afterward OF the seventeen chill
dren she left. consequently, the Oldest
was only years of age. Heffner en-
gagged young woman to look after
his large brood Of babies, and three
months later she became the second
Mrs Heffner. She presented her hus-
band with two children the first two
wear. Five years later she had added
ten more TO the family, two at every
birth. Then for three years she added
but one a year. She died before an
other year came round. OF the thirty
two children John Ileffner had been
presented with twelve had died. The
twenty that were loft, however, did
not appear TO be any obstacle to Il
young widow with one child consent
ing to become the third wife of the
Jolly little hunchback-for he was
known as one of the happiest and most
genial men in Reading, although it
kept him toiling like slave TO keep
his score of mouths in bread. The
third Mrs. Hef1ner became the mother
of nine children to her husband in ten
years and tho contentment and happi-
ness of the couple were proverbial.
One day in the fall of 1885, the father
of the forty one children was crossing
the Reading track and was run down
by reading locomotive and instantly
killed But for that sad ending
Of his life, it is impossible to estimate
what the size of the little peddler's
family would eventually have been
His widow and large number of his
chilrden-I believe there are twenty
eight of the forty-two still living-live
in Reading They are all thrifty aud
respectable people